Stories of Ansalon from the view of Taur.

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Astinus gently places a giant book on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Taur' scribed in faded yellow ink.

Author: Taur
Date: Thu Nov 6 23:34:57 2008
Subject Neophyte
This story is of an eternal journey for peace and solitude, one that has led
an elf of the wilds, a Kagonesti, to the embrace of the master of all minds, Majere:
Taur was born in the forests of Qualinost, a city of peace and strength for his
Qualinesti elven brothers, but a living hell for his kind. For his family were
Kagonesti, slaves in the eyes of the Qualinesti and members of the House of Servitor,
the lowest of the hierarchical classes of Silvanesti elves. Those who escaped their
fate as negotiable slaves were hunted as sport and Taur's family was no exception.
Although Taur's parents could count themselves lucky, having escaped the persecution
of the higher elves for some time now, the birth of their newborn slowed their
pace of retreat. On one fine night when the moon of Lunitari burned a crimson red
in the horizon, the little Taur resting in a manger lost his parents to a brutal
Qualinesti raid.
It has been said that it was at the behest of Taur's parents that the gods found it
fit to grant Taur a second chance at life that his parents never had. A kind elderly
Qualinesti warrior, a part of the raiding detail that slew Taur's parents, found it
in himself to do the unthinkable. He stole the young slave from the manger, and split
from his group. Bringing the little one back to his home, he heralded the little one
as his own, thus sparing the wilf elf the once-inevitable fate of slavery and death.
Perhaps bearing the guilt for having played a part in the killing of the young elf's
only family, he schooled the young one in the elvish arts and imbibed in him the virtues of
pacifism and frugality. When the young elf's time of maturity came, he told the young elf
of his past and true roots. It was then that the elderly Qualinesti passed away, resting
in the knowledge that his past sins were atoned for.
Now a grown elf and nearly a century old, Taur set out to find his purpose, for he
knew he did not belong in the bustling city that Qualinost was. He wandered for years
in the woods, finally setlling upon an abandoned hut. There was no reason for this, he just
knew in his heart that this was where his destiny lay. It was here that the god Majere
revealed himself to Taur and brought him under his tutelage. He was to be a monk, an ally
to the servants of good and bane to the creatures who would oppose those ideals. Majere
led him from the abandoned hut one day when he was ready and left him at the grand doors
of the Holy Order of the Stars, a rare symbol of peace and solidarity in these times of war.
The journey of Taur is only just about to begin.

The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD

Astinus points to the massive wall of books behind him and bids you to make a selection.